2. The Toronto Raptors trade PG Jose Calderon to the Utah Jazz for PG Devin Harris and a future pick

Why the teams should make this trade: Calderon has had a nice seven-year career with the Raptors, but at 30 he might not be in the team's future. Head coach Dwane Casey is all about defense and Harris would provide an upgrade over Calderon.

On the other hand, Calderon (13.6 ppg, 10.2 apg in the past 10 games) would be tremendous running the Utah offense with big men Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap. He is one of the best assist-to-turnover ratio point guards in the NBA, whereas Harris has proven to be a bad fit for the Jazz, averaging just 9.1 ppg and 4.5 apg, the lowest numbers he has had since his early days in Dallas.

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Believe it or not, Jose is only 5 months older than Devin. I thought he was 1-2 years older.

It's funny because as recently as last year, the Jazz would not even consider this deal - Devin's been a stud PG for 5 straight years now. However, he's having a really bad season this year, and Earl Watson is playing similar minutes to him (sort of a TJ Ford/Jose Calderon situation).

I would strongly consider this deal if only because of Jose's tendency to get hamstring injuries and Devin's durability. If Jose was healthy, I love his ability to pass the ball and get teammates involved. However, considering the fact that he's had something like 4 hamstring injuries, I think a Jose for Devin + pick trade is a very interesting proposition. It gives us a much better PG defender.

Imagine next year our lineup could be something like Harris/DeRozan/Chandler/Bargnani/Jonas with Bayless, Davis, Johnson, Johnson, Gray, and a high pick off the bench. That's a serviceable young roster with young pieces that can be moved in other deals.

No for me. They don't have a pick to trade. They can't trade this year's pick because they've already traded it. They can't trade next year's pick because this year's pick is protected with a condition that next year's might be traded instead.

All they can trade is the GSW pick, which is top 7 protected, and they look like a very late lottery team. We can get more for Jose.

No for me. They don't have a pick to trade. They can't trade this year's pick because they've already traded it. They can't trade next year's pick because this year's pick is protected with a condition that next year's might be traded instead.

All they can trade is the GSW pick, which is top 7 protected, and they look like a very late lottery team. We can get more for Jose.

if this is 1 trade in a chain of moves to happen in the next season or so and harris is only in as a fill in for a future star PG, then i'm all for this, getting an extra pick and useable in trades is a good thing, and the team isn't going anywhere anyways
as long as harris is not what BC has in mind as our future starting PG

if this is 1 trade in a chain of moves to happen in the next season or so and harris is only in as a fill in for a future star PG, then i'm all for this, getting an extra pick and useable in trades is a good thing, and the team isn't going anywhere anyways
as long as harris is not what BC has in mind as our future starting PG